Egypt’s monitorial schools were designed to produce disciplined civilians rather than soldiers

Evidence

In 1847, after four years, the model school in Cairo had fifty-nine pupils. It is not known how faithfully it was modelled on the English original, although the Lancaster school was actively promoted abroad by its English proponents as a model, whose geometric pattern and mathematical functioning could be exactly reproduced abroad, as it was, in almost every part of the world. … These schools were not for creating soldiers, but for creating disciplined members of the community. — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 234 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Egypt’s national schools aimed to create disciplined civilians, not soldiers — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 234; Egyptian primary curriculum mandated military training for young children.; Egypt’s 1830s military reform subjected schoolboys to continuous surveillance and graded punishments — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 143 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Egypt’s national schools aimed to create disciplined civilians, not soldiers #expands (0.95) — Timothy Mitchell, Colonising Egypt, 234
• Egyptian primary curriculum mandated military training for young children. #complicates (0.75)